Printing device



June 5, 1928. 1,672,129

J. KLEINMAN ET AL PRINTING DEVICE Filed May 21, 1927 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 June 5, 1928. Y 1,672,129

7 J. KLEINMAN ET AL PRINTING DEVICE Filed may 2 Sheets-$he anvmtoz $31 1 Guam FACE'. KLEENHAN AND ?EILII? I? fipglica'iion fi'ieii 2 1, 192?. Serial m).

This invention reieies WAM .szrwsmr, or new 17mm, in. "r.

to printing mecha nism and more particuieriy to power driven printing type drum.

Cihc invention reiutcs upon a rotary drum. ever, particuiariy applicable of numbers in response to r a piuraiity of keys such as specificfiii y' to mechanisg n for scicctireiy printing one of pluraliiy of characters curried periphereiiy The invention. is ho vdevice having a roiuting io the pristin he operation or {or exmnplc in connection with a punch for making index point periorations on tahulating cards.

The invention fnrthcr rovides for contmuousiy appl 131;; power ior normally causing rotation or meticaily (iisconnecimg soul mi? WIN: (lrum and for out! drum from the source of power whenever the rotation oi the drum is interrupted. be driven by a. pair of wiih a pair by the power shaft, the being so shaped Knitted thereiietween are free to rotate.

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The type drum may wheels meshing of simiizir gear Whccis carried tceih of said wheels that power wiii be trams- WliC'fiQVBX both shafts Whcoever one of the shafts is locked against rotation however.

the meshing teeth-operate as corn surfaces for separating rho two slmias and bringing the t" )e drum into orintin i a position.

The invcniion also consists in. certain new and original features of construction 215 41 combinations of parts hereinafter set forth end claimed.

in acconlance with ifihe pr siifiicieriiiy flamenco and lo per-mi? the eciges Joe teeth of to ride on the edges of the co ir of gear wheels are designed invention, with iecth fitting; io one wheel -oper2u'zing teeth oseht osely whenever the rotation of one of suio whceis is interrupteci.

The wheels are thus broughi out of mesh and the corresponding shafts are separated; A type nected to one of aid shafts of peripherally spaced stops wheel may l)C-COl'1- and ii plurality may be provided for locking said whee! in any desired position. The continued power shaft after the: 1H!

roizrti on of the wheei is locked.

may then be utilized for disengaging the gear Wheels and ior bringing the type cylinder into a printing position.

Upon furtl'ierrotaizon of the power siiaft,

ih'c teeth pass the cum posr'i (ceding teeth The teeth may UNI! he {won a. suitable spring {he type on and. the suc come inm moshing position.

gin, together by wheel unlocked and coniinneii rotation permitteri until other;

characters are Lo be primed.

[iiihough the novci features which are believed to he characteristic of this invention iviii he speciiiceiiy pointed. out in the claims ugipended hereto the invention iiscif, as to nation is, however, primarily for purposes oi? disclosure. it will be. urulcr'stoori ii 'the siruciure and t method of o iermio'n there of may he modified in various respects without departing from the broad spirit and scope of (he inven'tion.

1 inc en'ihociiment the invention has been shown for purposes of illustration in the ac co: mying drawing, inwiiich F 1 is 2'. broken front' elevation of the type cylinder and driving mczuis therefor,

Fig. is an end eievation showing the interrupting mechanism.

Fig. 3 is a detaii View of the interrupting mechanism showing *che relative position of the parts during a. printing operation.

Fig. 4: sho a modifier} form of printing apparatus, and l Fig. 5 is a, leteii view of the interruyting mechanism showing 2: possible operating position.

In 518 fioiiowlng flescriptioo and in the ciainis the various and details of the invention wiil be identified by specific names for conrenici'ice, but they are intended to be generic in their applicahion as the art wiii permit.

Referring to the drawings more the printing mechanism may comprise 9, r0- tatubie cylinder 10 carrying ziplurzili't-ylof peripiicrziiiy space-Iii i'ypc characters such as for exampie as the digits 0 to i) or (3 to 12 and mounted. for rotation on rod 11. Said in detail,

resgtvcctiveiy. Sapporo; and

il'y-n'iounied in standards 16 and psrrrs of apparatus.

cured thereto and adapted to mesh with gear wheels 21 and 22 carried on rod 11. The number of teeth on wheels 21 and 2:5 should correspond with the number of peripherally spaced type characters on cylinder 10. Shaft 18 may be driven from a source of power (not shown) and caused to impart.

keys 26. \Vhen a key 26 has been depressed the corresponding interposer bar 5 is forced into engagement with stop 2+1 and interrupts the rotation of shaft 11 together with cylinder 10 attached thereto.

Gear teeth on wheels 19, 20, 21 and are constructed with contacting surfaces sufficiently flattened to allow the teeth of one of said wheels to exert a cam action on the teeth of a eo-operating wheel and to force said wheels apart wheneverrelative peripheral movement takes place. One. wheel may therefore be locked against rotation and the continued rotation of the other wheel will cause the teeth to ride upon the teeth of the other and exert a cam action thereon for separating the wheels and the correspond ing shafts as shown in Fig. 3. Cylinder 10 attached to shaft 11 then in depressed or printing-position.

The shafts remain separated until the teeth have slipped past or disengaged when the.

gear wheels may again mesh. '.l.liey will then be displaced by one. tooth from their original meshing position and will so remain provided both wheels are again allowed to rotate.

When shaft ll is Forced into printing" position as aforesaid, interposei- 25 is rotated tion when said hey is re] about its pivot 30 to its original position and is engaged by cam ill and retained in that position. Consctpicutly when shaft 11 is displaced by springs 23 and brought into operating position with respect to the power shaft, stop 2-l discngzagcs 'l'roin intcrposer 125 and said shaft 1]. may again rotate.

Cam 31 is held by spriup $52 in engagement with a double wedge surface on interposcr 25 and serves to maintain said ii' terposcr in either raised or lowered position. Should a. key 26 be depressed, however, when interposer 25 opposite av stop member 2% and is prevented thereby from moving into eugaging position, cam 31 will prevent the inter-poser from returning to normal posisod and will force said interposer into engaging position as soon as stop 2% has passed the end thereof.

The interposer will then co-operate with stop 24 when said stop is again brought into operative position and lock shatt 11 to initiate another printing operation.

Should key 26 be depressed and'innnediately released, cam 31 will co-operate with interposer 25 and hold the same in engaging position until positively released by a printin; operation as above mentioned.

The type cylinder may be provided with a double set ot. characters, each occupying half of the periphery and two stops spaced by 180 degrees may be employed tor co-opcrating with each inter-poser. The shaftwould then be stopped for printing within a halt revolution after any key is depressed and the speed. of operation correspondingly increased. Obviously any other desired number of sets of .-haracters could be employed and the number of: stop members and the. number of teeth on the' gear wheels similarly increased.

The above mentioned apparatus may be operated by a suitable timed impulse such as that produced by a card having index point perforations. .ln the modification shown in Fig. a plurality of stops 34 are shown peripherally spaced to correspond with the various peripheral type elements. ()ne blank is therefore used for the entire set of stops and the number of parts correspondingly reduced. lhe'printingoperation is controlled by depressing interposer 35 in suitable. time relationship to the rotationof shaft 11 for co-operatiug with the desired stop member 34. Continuous rotation of the power shaft will. then depress the type wheel, print the corresponding characters and restore inter-poser to its original position as desired above.

. lntcrposcr may be operated by a solenoid 3b in response to timed electric current or may be operated by other well known means of remote control. (ircar wheels 21 and 22 should be so arranged that a tooth is in the uppermost position when thewheel is in any stop position in order to obtain the fullest cil'cct of the cam action of the cooperating: teeth.

in accordance with the present invention,

a rotary typo cylinder may be a. constantly revolving power utilized h pnly avoids interruption of the power shaft but utilizes the power derived therefrom for bringing the cylinder into printing position. Since ii ment of the two actuated by shaft, and

gear wheels is 'utilized 'for effecting a printingoperation, the interrup of the type wheel in automaticallycauses tion of the movement any desired position the cylinder to print and release. The apparatus is.simple in construction andre a printing operation which not the relative peripheral move-- tions and changes in the type wheel forced rotary type quires hut relatively few parts. it may he operated in eonjunetion with a card punch or may he applied to any of the well known eonunereial a ounting machines sue-h as for example, an adding marl-tine, cash register, typewriter or stoek ticker. it the arrangts ment, is operated hy remote eontroh as hy means of syneh'ronous ele trie impulses, it may he applied to a tahnlating mat-lune and op rated in tttjt'tut'tltttttjti with eards haying index point perl'oratirms.

ly'hilee rtain novel features o" l-e nvention have lt 'll shown and deserihed and are pointed out in the annexed elaims, it will he understood that yarious omissions. suhstituthe forms and details of the d yire illustrat d and in lill operation may he made. hy those skilled in the art without. departing l'rom the spirit oi the in\en tion. Obviously. the deyi e eould he employed for emhossingg punt-hing and analogous uses and the t rm printing intended to o er su h stru tur s.

\Yhat is elaimed' is:

l. printing :neehanisin eomprising a rotatable type wheel. a Q ar wh el atlixed thereto and a s ond wheel (to-operating therewith. ear-h of said wh lie ha ing ramli lt'e gear teeth and means for loel-cing of one, of aid wheels wherehy the disengagement of said teeth will he eaused.

ll] eonihination with a rotary type wheel, a dri in', shaft and ueanwheel assoeiated with said type wli el and aid dri ing shalt, said gear wheel s. haying mutually sliding teeth and m ans for int rrupting the rotation of said type wh el and the gear wh el asSoe-iated therewith wherehy dis:- enghgentent ot said t eth will i), raused and into printing position. a driven shaft, 21 means for int r wheel at a pre operating 5. in r-ornhination with wheel thereon. operation of said ru itin" the angular position,

determined m ans for said wheel eoniprising a driving shaft. eo-operating gear wheels attached to said shal't said gear wheels haying slidahle teeth and means wherehy relative t'mripheral mmement thereof will eause diseugagoment of said teeth and tom: the type wheel into printing position.

l. in olnhination with a driven shaft, a rotary type whee} thereotn a plurality of peripherally spa ed stops thereon. m ans for ewoperatin; with said stopsgand interrupt?- in,' the op ration of said wheel, operating; m an? for said wheel eomprising adriving shalt, e a-operating gear wheels altaehed to said shafts. and means wherehy relative p ripheral movement of said wheels will ause disengagem nt thereof and force the type wheel into printing po ition.

5. in eomhination with a driven shaft, a rotary type whe l atta hed ther to, a plurality; ot' peripln-rally spared stops mounted ther'eotn a plurality of interposer hars for (o-operating with-said stops'and interruptin; the operation of aid wheel, operating ineahs for said Wheel eomprising a drivin; shal't and el -operating gear wheels attached to said shaft said ,Ld-ur wheels having: rain t th and means wherehy relatire peripheral movem nt thereof will eause disengagement of said t eth and l'oree the type wheel into printing position. I i

3. printing m hanisin eoniprisi'ng a rotaiahle type/wheel, a gear wheel allix d and a se ond wheel cooperating therewith. eat-h of said wheels having earnlilce gear teeth. and m ans whereby lot-king of one of said wh els and rent inued rotation of the other of ,said wheels will eause disengjagy-ment of saidteeth.

In testimony whereof we our hands.

have hereunto set JACK KLEINMAN. illlllll Ir. SHAFRAN. 

